All betrayed me
Thee, he, and also she
But what’s an enemy
Everyone agree
Of one’s health and destiny
Oh! That taste-winy
Of that glass
Gave me a lead to pass
From all the sorrow and misery
When I hadn’t the taste of it
I was unknown of its profit
Though bitter
Yet not less from sweets
Lucky you are
If you get such treats
Put off for a while your chagrined mind
Raise the tumbler and let yourself shined
Those were the words, said my friend
And I gulped down all whatever he arranged
A great secret then opened
Whatever thee intend to be
A King! A Lover! Or a Man of Philosophy
You can be
After swallowing pegs two or three
This is the true blessing
Of heavenly liquoring
I know the joy is like a dream
What’s good, if normalcy makes you scream
~Ravi
*The poem was first published in an anthology “Rubaroo” by Evincepub Publication in 2019.
Ravi is basically a Teacher and Reader. He loves to read interesting and thought-provoking books. On an average, he reads 80 to 90 books per year. He is much into realistic, political, historical and philosophical works, but occasionally he likes to read Poems, Short-stories, Fantasy and Romance. His other hobbies are Singing, Photography, Movies, and Travelling. Ravi started his writing by writing poems and book-reviews and he has written more than one hundred fifty poems in English and more than three hundred book reviews; some of his poems have been published in various online journals like : Indian Periodical, Mad Swirl, Borderless; in Print, his poems have been published in Oxigle Media Publications’ anthology “Whisper of Hearts” and Evincepub Publications’ anthology “Rubaroo”. One of his Short-stories has been published in TheUNIverse Journal and one of his articles has been published in Indian Periodical. Ravi has also published his collection of Hindi Poems “Vo Baat Un Dino Ki Thi” on Amazon Kindle.
Ravi is planning to publish his collection of short-stories and poems in near future, and working on his first novel right now.
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